On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 5:22 PM, Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler(a)chello.at> wrote:
Igor Gnatenko wrote:
> It's been 6 years since systemd-units package was merged to systemd, but
> package maintainers still use it. EL7 has same guidelines as Fedora, so it
> is safe to make it compliant with Guidelines even there. This is very safe
> change.
>
> It's just 198 packages and we are just going to fix them for you in
> following days. Once those dependencies are removed, we plan to remove
> Provides: systemd- units from systemd package.
>
> Any objections?
Why is it such a problem to keep a one-line virtual Provides in your
specfile? Removing it will require adding at least as many changelog lines,
so it doesn't even save lines in the specfile overall. It's just a pointless
compatibility breakage.
Well ... removing cruft is always "just a pointless compatibility
change" to some extend - however, cruft accumulates, and slows down
progress.
And packages which haven't been updated to comply with updated
Packaging Guidelines in 6 years (!) should be looked at regardless ...
Fabio
> Kevin Kofler
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